The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Specialist
Rank - 128 130
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.034% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.036% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £170 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -40.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £310 £435 £385
% change year-on-year
-28.73% +12.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2013 2772 2497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.45% 94.06% 95.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1306 1087
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 279 329
Average hourly rate £23.50 £26.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.61% +26.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.75 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.90 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Applications Specialist
England

Applications Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Specialist across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Applications Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Specialist across the East of England region.

East of England Applications Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Specialist across the East of England region.

East of England Applications Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Specialist
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Applications Specialist in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (100.00%) AppSense
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) AppDNA

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Applications Specialist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Applications Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AppSense